Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2014.28.02 |
Object Name |
Apron |
Date |
c.1880 |
Year Range from |
1870 |
Year Range to |
1890 |
Features |
Apron, made from a machine-manufactured cotton, gauze-like material, with hand tatted lace hem decoration. At the top, the material is pleated and gathered into a belt with two strips extending out opposite ends, for tying around the wearer's waist. |
Object Story |
The apron was owned by Lucinda Jemima Wagar circa 1880, believed she made it herself. Lucinda was born around 1858 in Camden Ontario to Jane and Benjamin Wagar. On April 15, 1878, Lucinda married George Washington Smith. In 1882 they had a son Albert Smith, followed by a daughter Ida Smith, born in 1884. Lucinda was widowed sometime between 1891 and 1901. Between 1901 and 1911, Lucinda remarried Edward Kinkly (Kirkby) who was born in 1868. It is known that Edward and Lucinda lived in Napanee in 1921, and that Lucinda passed away in Lennox and Addington December 4, 1929. The decorative element on this apron is the tatted lace that can be seen on the bottom of the apron. The technique of tatting dates to the 1700's however may have been used earlier. It gained popularity around 1850 due to various publications on the subject. Tatting is a North American term, in England this style is called knotting, while in France it is referred to as frivolet. Tatted lace is made by repeatedly tying a knot with a tatting shuttle, either in a circle or to a foundation thread as seen on this piece. The knot used is called the lark's head or the cow hitch knot. |
People |
Wagar, Lucinda Jemima Wagar, Benjamin Wagar, Jane Smith, Lucinda Jemima Kinkley, Lucinda Jemima (nee Wagar) Kinkley, Edward |
Subjects |
1880's Aprons Lace Lace making Tatting |
Search Terms |
1880's Camden |